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The Grand Union supermarket in downtown Nantucket will close its doors before the year is out.

By Jason Graziadei

I&M Senior Writer

(Oct. 11, 2012) The Grand Union supermarket in downtown Nantucket will soon close its doors for good, potentially leaving Stop & Shop as the only remaining grocery chain on the island.

Winthrop Management LP, owner of the property at 9 Salem St. adjacent to the Nantucket Boat Basin, confirmed Tuesday that the Grand Union Family Markets store would not be returning to the building after its lease expires at the end of 2012. A Winthrop Management vice president said the firm is close, however, to filling the space with a new tenant to replace the Grand Union, but would not disclose whether it will be a new grocery store or some other business.

One of the anchors of the core district for decades, the grocery store originally opened as an A&P franchise in the mid-1960s, and was acquired by Grand Union Family Markets in 2003.

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